Picture book biographies

An illustrated exploration of the life of labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.

Details the life and achievements of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe whose book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is said to have started the Civil War.

An introduction to the life of the woman born into slavery who became a well-known abolitionist and crusader for the rights of African-Americans in the United States.

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus.

Presents a picture book about the life of Daniel Boone, the frontiersman who cleared the Wilderness Road from Virginia to Kentucky.

Illustrations and text describe the lives of John and Abigail Adams, discussing their childhoods, families, relationship, work, and deaths.

An introduction to the lives of Lewis and Clark and to the exploratory expedition they led from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean in the early nineteenth century.